Door.



No. 653,432. Patented July I0, 1900. a. J. WINTER.

DOOR.

(Application filed l rov. 11, 1899.) (No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE J. WINTER, OF BUFFALO, NElV YORK.

DOOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 653,432, dated July 10,1900. Application filed November 11, 1899. Serial No. 736,600- (Nomodel.)

T0 0; whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, GEORGE J. WINTER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Doors, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved door having a weather-strip attachedto the lower portion of the door which is adapted to be lowered by theclosing of the door to close the intervening space between the bottomedge of the door and the floor and to raise upon the opening of thedoor; and the object of the invention is to form a door provided with acheap and very simple device of the above character.

For a full understanding of the merits and advantages of the inventionreference is to be had to the accompanying drawings and the followingdescription.

The invention is susceptible to various changes in the form, proportion,and minor details of construction without departing from the principleor sacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and to a full disclosureof the invention an adaptation thereof is shown in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a side elevation of the door.Fig. 2 is a section on or about line a a, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section onor about line b b, Fig. 2, with the Weather-strip in its elevatedposition. Fig. 4 is a detached view of one of the metal plates.

In referring to the'drawings in detail like numerals designate likeparts.

1 represents the casing in which the door is supported, and a metalplate 2, preferably formed as shown in Fig. 4, is attached to the lowerportion of one of the side walls of the casing, being set flush withsaid side wall. The door 3 is hinged to the casing by hinges 4 in theusual manner and is provided with a slot or depression 5 in its bottomedge which extends the entire length thereof. The outer end of this slotis closed by a metal plate 6, substantially similar to that shown inFig. 4, the exterior of which is flush with the side edge of the door.

The weather-strip 7 which seats in the slot 5, is preferably constructedof wood and in the form shown in Fig. 3, and is provided withdiagonally-extending openings 8, preferably two in number, which passthrough its face, and a reduced end 9, which is formed by cutting away aportion of the top of that end. A rod 10 projects substantiallyhorizontally from the side wall of this cutaway portion and a spiralspring 11 is mounted on said rod. In securing the strip 7 in place inthe slot pins or bolts 12 are passed through the door and the openings8.

The operation of my invention will be easily understood by reference toFig. 3, in which the strip is shown in its raised position. Upon closingthe door the protruding end 13 of the strip presses against the metalplate 2, forcing the strip inwardly against the tension of the spring11, and owing to' the dia,,- onal inclination of the openings 8, throughwhich the pins or bolts 12 pass, the strip is also forced downward,closing the intervening space between the bottom edge of the door andthe floor. Upon the opening of the door.the spring forces the stripoutwardly and upwardly, raising it'from the floor and permitting thedoor to swing easily. The pressure of the spring against the end 9 ofthe weather-strip causes the outer end 13 to press against the plate 2and materially assists in opening the door. With easilyopened doorsequipped with this device all one needs to do is to release the latch orlook and the door will swing open itself under the pressure of thespring.

Any door can be easily and cheaply altered to permit the attachment ofmy improved device. The door being removed from its hinges, a depressionor slot similar to the depression or slot 5 is cut in its bottom edge, ametal plate similar to the plate 2 is set in the lower end of the outerside edge of the door to close that end of the slot or depression, theweatherstrip and its operating parts are introduced and secured in placeby pins 12, and a metal plate is set in the side of the door casingagainst which the end of the weather-strip presses.

A strip of rubber, carpet, or equivalent flexible material 14 ispreferably attached to the lower edge of the weather-strip and adaptsitself to the unevenness of the floor, thus serving to more thoroughlyclose the open ing between the door and the floor.

I claim as my invention The combination with a door-casing having ashallow depression in the lower portion of one of its sides, of a doormounted therein and having a central longitudinal slot extendin gthroughout its bottom edge, a metal plate closing the outer end of saidslot, and having its exterior flush with the side edge of the door, aweather-strip shaped to fit and operate in said slot and having theupper" portion of its outerend cutaway, and elongated openings havingstraight sides and extending diagonally with respect to said strip, ahorizontal rod extending from the inner wall of the cut-away portion ofthe outer end, a spiral GEORGE J. \VINTER.

Witnesses:

L. M. BILLINGS, G. A. NEUBAUER.

